December 2012 Archives

With the end of the year approaching, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at the celebrity divorces of 2012.

This year, we saw some high-profile celebrity divorces that we won't soon forget.

Let's start with the most high profile celebrity divorce of the year: TomKat. Alas, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes called it quits earlier this year after almost six years of marriage and one kid, Suri. The couple filed for divorce over the summer, with Holmes getting primary custody of Suri.

The Hollywood couple's split has been dragging on for quite some time. The two separated in November 2011 and until now, no divorce papers had been filed, leading some to speculate that the two were dragging their feet over money.

When they married six years ago, Kutcher's star was rising and Moore was seen as the primary breadwinner. But as time progressed, the couple's finances have changed a great deal.

Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel is rumored to be going through a divorce.

The news is still fresh, but as The Miami Herald reports, the star of "Bethenny Ever After" isn't enjoying her ever after. She has been photographed without a wedding ring and sans hubby Jason Hoppy, reports the Herald.

Can you imagine losing your child to adoption, without your consent? That's the nightmare that a former Texas father had to endure.

When Terry Achane and his wife Tira Bland split, they didn't sort out the custody details, it would seem. Bland was pregnant and Achane headed off to South Carolina.

Little did he know that Bland made plans for adoption. He only found out once his daughter was adopted by a Utah family. The girl was adopted by Jared and Kristi Frei. The Frei family has been ordered to turn the baby over to her birth father, but they plan to appeal the court's decision.

Politician divorces can get complicated, especially when they’re millionaires. Sometimes, the division of assets can be downright strange, for those of us who have minimal understanding of luxury trinkets and antiques.

If you can't support your children, then shouldn't you stop having kids? That's the idea that a Wisconsin family court judge had, reports NBC News.

But is such an order infringing upon the fundamental right of a human to procreate? Corey Curtis was sentenced to three years of probation on Monday, writes NBC. His crime? Felony bail jumping and failure to pay child support.

A study reported in The Telegraph, cites that women who get along with their in-laws tend to divorce more often than those who don't necessarily enjoy the company of their in-laws.

That sounds strange. One would assume that getting along with the in-laws would be the recipe to a happy marriage, right? For men, that rings true. Men who have a positive relationship with their in-laws tend to divorce 20 percent less often than those who don't get along.

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